Jamestown vs Wilberforce

A side-by-side comparison of Jamestown and Wilberforce: population, income, housing, and more.

Jamestown and Wilberforce are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Jamestown has the higher population (2,241 vs 1,992 in Wilberforce). Wilberforce has the higher median household income ($83,036 vs $59,028 in Jamestown). Wilberforce has the higher median home value ($208,100 vs $142,300 in Jamestown).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown	Wilberforce
Population	2,241	1,992
Median age	36.2 yrs	19.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,028	$83,036
Median home value	$142,300	$208,100
Median gross rent	$798	—
Housing units	985	383
Homeownership rate	67.7%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	57.4%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown	Wilberforce
Population	2,114 → 2,241 (+6.0%)	2,311 → 1,992 (-13.8%)
Median household income	$47,650 → $59,028 (+23.9%)	$76,036 → $83,036 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$104,400 → $142,300 (+36.3%)	$141,700 → $208,100 (+46.9%)
Median gross rent	$698 → $798 (+14.3%)	$1,125 → $1,113 (-1.1%)

Jamestown

Population

2,1142,241

Median household income

$47,650$59,028

Median home value

$104,400$142,300

Median gross rent

$698$798

Wilberforce

Population

2,3111,992

Median household income

$76,036$83,036

Median home value

$141,700$208,100

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,113

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamestown	Wilberforce
Under 5	7.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.8%	5.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	74.7%
25 to 34	15.5%	4.7%
35 to 44	7.7%	0.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	4.0%
55 to 64	13.2%	3.3%
65 to 74	10.5%	2.9%
75 and over	7.4%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown	Wilberforce
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	30.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	60.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown	Wilberforce
No high school diploma	8.9%	7.0%
High school graduate	42.1%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	33.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	23.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown	Wilberforce
Drove alone	84.5%	42.3%
Carpooled	5.4%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	44.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	7.1%	6.9%
Other means	1.4%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown	Wilberforce
1-unit, detached	78.7%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown	Wilberforce
Poverty rate	15.5%	11.7%
Average household size	2.45	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1943	1975